Gotta Ballroom

The most important thing to remember is that the learning experience is not over before the first public dance appearance; it�s really just beginning.

Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology

The cue to �lift and lengthen your spine� can be interpreted from an anatomical perspective as referring to the use of muscles to counter the tendency of gravity to slightly �collapse� the normal sagittal curves of the spine.

Choreographing From Within eBook

This is a discussion of key concepts and a movement study from the Quality of Movement chapter.

Teaching Children Dance-3rd Edition

Gathering assessment information before a lesson or unit is useful in ascertaining students� current skill level, knowledge, experience, or interest.

Teaching Children Dance-3rd Edition

Students will create and practice the shapes individually and then collaborate with a partner or small group to create group shapes.

Teaching Children Dance-3rd Edition

Today, we are going to do a dance about the day in the life of a frog.

Social Dance-3rd Edition

The cross-body lead is a useful transition to smoothly connect many variations as well as to rotate 180 degrees with your partner. Start in a closed position and do a box step. The cross-body lead takes two repetitions of the rumba�s SQQ rhythm.

Beginning Tap Dance With Web Resource

The beginning tap class is all about learning basic technique, or how to perform a specific step in a consistent manner.

Discovering Dance With Web Resources

As you read the introduction to this chapter, you may have recognized some of the forms of dance as entertainment that you knew or have even taken part in. Some of these forms are live performances, and others are performed for recorded media, yet others focus on commercial dance.

Motor Learning and Control for Dance eBook

The gamma efferent system explains how a dancer can be much tighter in movement than while passively stretching, but this system also affects alignment.